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SS Sir George Seymour

A portrait of the 850 tons ship, Sir George Seymour, built in Sunderland in 1844, owned by Somes Brothers and registered in London. She is shown sailing down the Channel with other shipping with the coast in the background. The ship may have been named for the admiral Sir George Francis Seymour 1787-1870. She was involved in taking emigrants to Australia and New Zealand in the middle of the 19th century. The Sir George Seymour, set sail from Plymouth on…

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Wagglen

Variant names Wagnell & Wagnall were variant spellings used originally by Isaac Wagland b1759 Carshalton Surrey who was our great great great great grandfather. Isaac married twice and different sons chose different spellings and their descendants have the names today. The variants may well go further back but we have no evidence. There is also a variant Wagglen which is Australian and applies only (as far as we know) to descendants of Samuel Wagland and Louisa Green who married in…

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History

Wagglen (Wagland) Family History Babcary History SS Sir George Seymour

History

Name origin We understand from family lore that the name is of German origin but as of yet have been unable to establish that. The same information has come down different branches of the family. In the UK we have traced the family back to Surrey and possibly before that to Hampshire. There is another branch coming from Somerset which we have now started to trace & hope to discover whether or not there is a connection between the 2…

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